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New York Times, Tuesday, March 2, 1965

36-Across : Did a garden chore.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,693
Across
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Word used with red, green, etc. : HUED
5
M. Faure. : ELIE
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In progress. : AFOOT
14
Portion. : ALLOTMENT
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___ gras. : MARDI
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Massachusetts city. : FALLRIVER
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Path: Fr. : ALLEE
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Vibration. : TREMOR
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Pilgrims, for instance. : SETTLERS
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Architectural feature. : APSE
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Fit out. : RIG
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Beldam. : CRONE
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Name akin to Eleanor. : NORA
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Loosen. : UNDO
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Regina's spouse. : REX
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Did a garden chore. : SPADED
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Adventure story. : YARN
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Roman poet. : OVID
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___ a minute. : AMILE
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Saratoga et al. : SPAS
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"Damned if ___ ... " : WEDO
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Live. : RESIDE
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Make do (with "out"). : EKE
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Be in a dither. : STEW
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Substitutes: Abbr. : ALTS
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Put in type again. : RESET
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Kind of affirmation. : NOD
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Hour, in Spain. : HORA
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Figuratively, complete inattention. : DEAFNESS
60
Human. : MORTAL
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Epic. : ILIAD
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Scenic specialty. : WATERFALL
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Wars: Lat. : BELLI
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Not covered by compensation. : UNINSURED
69
Trout's cousin. : SMELT
70
VIP's in the home. : MOMS
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Colleen. : LASS
Down
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Handle. : HAFT
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Adjective suffix. : ULAR
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Fashionable sleeve. : DOLMAN
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Turkish titles. : EMIRS
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Coin in Sofia. : LEV
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Spanish Agnes. : INES
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Raison d'___. : ETRE
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Cremona violin. : AMATI
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Scapegoats. : FALLGUYS
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Heraldic bearing. : ORLE
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Stettin's river. : ODER
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Haberdashery. : TIES
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Figures of speech. : TROPES
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Dealt with. : TRADED
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Paint. : ENAMEL
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Indians. : CROWS
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Fare (a wall) with stone. : REVET
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Chemical compound. : OXIDE
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Poet. : ODIST
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Enjoy. : RELISH
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Neck parts. : NAPES
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Male duck. : DRAKE
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Beginning. : ONSET
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Street spectacle. : PARADE
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Snowstorm, for one. : DOWNFALL
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No runs, no hits, no ___. : ERRORS
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Important piece of news. : EARFUL
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Gossip: Fr. : ONDIT
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Augurs. : OMENS
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Game of jacks, in Britain. : DIBS
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Type of school: Abbr. : ELEM
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Wing: Fr. : AILE
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Enjoyed the water. : SWUM
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"In corpore ___." : SANO
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Irish landmark. : TARA
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Town near Nimes. : ALES
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Honorary degrees. : LLDS
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Dickens lad. : TIM

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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